Kulttuurilaitoksesta valintataloksi – yleisen kirjastolaitoksen institutionaaliset tehtävämäärittelyt ja niiden kehitys Suomen itsenäisyyden aikana

Författare

• Jarmo Saarti Itä-Suomen yliopisto
• Pirjo Tuomi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17409/kpt.60093

Abstract

From civic educator to a market place - the institutional definitions of the public libraries’ tasks and its development during the Finnish independence

The development of the Finnish public library system can be divided into four phases. During the first two, the Swedish reign and the period of the Autonomy, the library was mainly for the upper classes and for the academic use. The trend to strengthen the library as a key actor in the educational system of the newborn independent Finland meant that the public library became an institution. This started to break down from the 1990’s onward with the implementation of the new public management techniques and with the integration of the library system as one of the key players in the information society development. The paper discusses the role of the Finnish library system in the system of the fictional literature and analyses the changes that have happened during the Finnish history.

Keywords: public libraries, policies, institutional role, public role